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  1. One possible way to support raising large litter sizes in pigs is to offer supplementary, artificial milk ad libitum in the farrowing pen in addition to the sow’s milk. In order to evaluate the potential use of t...

    Authors: J. Pustal, I. Traulsen, R. Preißler, K. Müller, T. große Beilage, U. Börries and N. Kemper

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:13

    Content type: Case report

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  2. Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is an enteric disease in swine caused by an alphacoronavirus. It affects swine of all ages causing acute diarrhoea and can lead to severe dehydration and death in suckling pigle...

    Authors: Ana Carvajal, Héctor Argüello, F. Javier Martínez-Lobo, Sara Costillas, Rubén Miranda, Pedro J. G. de Nova and Pedro Rubio

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:12

    Content type: Review

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  3. No research has been reported on the effect of intramuscular ketoprofen administration on the feeding behavior of tail-bitten pigs. In order to investigate this, a longitudinal, double blind, placebo-controlle...

    Authors: Elina Viitasaari, Marja Raekallio, Anna Valros, Olli Peltoniemi, Laura Hänninen and Mari Heinonen

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:11

    Content type: Research

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  4. The aim of this trial was to test whether the temperature or additives of the drinking water affected water uptake by nursery pigs. We designed a repeated 4 × 4 Latin Square to control for confounding factors ...

    Authors: Manon A. M. Houben, Arie van Nes and Tijs J. Tobias

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:10

    Content type: Research

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  5. Contaminated complete feed and porcine plasma are risk factors for PEDV introduction to farms and a liquid antimicrobial has been proven useful for reducing risk. This s...

    Authors: Scott Dee, Casey Neill, Travis Clement, Aaron Singrey, Jane Christopher-Hennings and Eric Nelson

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:9

    Content type: Research

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  6. A longitudinal study was carried out to investigate whether a herd that had previously tested negative for porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was free of PCV2 or whether the ne...

    Authors: Charlotte S Kristensen, Charlotte K Hjulsager and Lars E Larsen

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:5

    Content type: Research

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  8. The Swiss pig population enjoys a favourable health situation. To further promote this, the Pig Health Service (PHS) conducts a surveillance program in affiliated herds: closed multiplier herds with the highes...

    Authors: Christina Nathues, Anna Hillebrand, Stefanie Rossteuscher, Werner Zimmermann, Heiko Nathues and Gertraud Schüpbach

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:7

    Content type: Research

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  9. Oedema disease is one of the major diseases in pigs during the nursery period. It is caused by Shigatoxin 2e producing strains of Escherichia coli. In order to combat the disease, the metaphylactic use of colisti...

    Authors: Regine Fricke, Olaf Bastert, Verena Gotter, Nico Brons, Johan Kamp and Hans-Joachim Selbitz

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:6

    Content type: Case study

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  10. It is often argued that pigs raised under less intensive production conditions – such as organic or free-range – have a higher level of animal welfare compared with conventionally raised pigs. To look into thi...

    Authors: Lis Alban, Jesper Valentin Petersen and Marie Erika Busch

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:4

    Content type: Research

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  11. The present work describes the serum haptoglobin (Hp) dynamics in piglets vaccinated and non-vaccinated with a commercial porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccine at 3 weeks of age, and its relationship with t...

    Authors: Lorenzo Fraile, Yolanda Saco, Llorenç Grau-Roma, Miquel Nofrarías, Sergio López-Soria, Marina Sibila, Antonio Callén, Anna Bassols and Joaquim Segalés

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:3

    Content type: Research

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  12. Tail biting is a common problem in modern pig production and has a negative impact on both animal welfare and economic result of the farm. Tail biting risk is increased by management and housing practices that...

    Authors: Anna Valros and Mari Heinonen

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:2

    Content type: Review

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  13. We are proud to launch a new open access journal, entitled Porcine Health Management (PHM). This new journal, which puts the pig in a central position, has been jointly established by the European College of P...

    Authors: Maurice B Pensaert and Guy-Pierre Martineau

    Citation: Porcine Health Management 2015 1:1

    Content type: Editorial

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